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  • Results from the 14th annual Thermopolis Cowboy Rendezvous PRCA Rodeo

    Jun 27, 2018

    THERMOPOLIS - Full results from the 14th annual Thermopolis Cowboy Rendezvous PRCA Rodeo Saturday night in Thermopolis, are as follows. All-around cowboy Bode Scott, $1,021, tie-down roping and steer wrestling. Bareback riding 1, Levi Nicholson, 80 points on Powder River Rodeo's Big Blue, $1,148. 2. Hunter Brasfield, 79, $870. 3. Craig Wisehart, 77.5, $626. 4. (tie) Tyler Scales and Skyler Erickson, 77, $330 each. 6. (tie) Cacheman Hill and Clint Griffis, 75, $87 each. Steer wrestling 1. Aaron V...

  • US Supreme Court declines to hear state boundary case

    Jun 27, 2018

    CASPER (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a dispute over the Wind River Reservation’s boundaries in Wyoming. The Casper Star-Tribune reports that the decision Monday upholds a ruling last year by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals that the city of Riverton was not on the reservation. The dispute centers on whether a 1905 agreement between the tribes and federal government to allow sale of reservation land to non-Indians actually changed the reservation boundaries. The state of Wyoming was among those who argued that argued Riv...

  • Ten Sleep hosts Bomber Mountain research

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|Jun 27, 2018

    TEN SLEEP — On June 28, 1943, a B-17 Flying Fortress departed Pendleton Army Air Base in Pendleton, Oregon, to meet up with the rest of the 383rd Bomber Group, 541st Bomber Squadron in Nebraska, before departing for the war in Europe. The plane never arrived, and after an extensive search of three states, the Army Air Corps gave up all attempts to find the missing plane and crew. Then, in 1945, cowboys Berl Bader and Albert Kirkpatrick were riding through the Cloud Peak area when they spotted a shiny object on a nearby mountain face. Riding u...

  • BLM Worland announces fireworks area

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Jun 27, 2018

    WORLAND – In anticipation of the Independence Day holiday, the Bureau of Land Management Worland Field Office is again making a temporary, local exception to the fireworks ban on public lands. The use of fireworks will be permitted at a gravel pit northwest of Worland from Sunday, July 1 through Wednesday, July 4. “The BLM strives to be a good neighbor in the communities we serve and we want to provide a safe place for people to use fireworks,” said BLM Worland Field Manager John Elliott. “We are pleased to partner with the City of Worland...

  • Lamb honored as Master, District Teacher of Year

    Karla Pomeroy, Editor|Jun 27, 2018

    WORLAND - For the first year the Washakie County School District No. 1 District Teacher of the Year and Board Master Teacher of the Year are the same person and this year's honoree is Worland Middle School eighth-grade math teacher Kenna Lamb. Lamb was honored by the board at Monday's regular meeting with Chairman Don Bryant presenting her with a plaque. She was nominated for the Master Teacher of the Year award by her principal Ryan Clark. Lamb said, "It really is an honor to receive these...

  • Jun 27, 2018

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  • Sharon "Sherri" Schauer

    Jun 27, 2018

    Sharon “Sherri” Schauer, age 57, passed away on June 23, 2018 at her home. Sherri was born on November 25, 1960 in Indianapolis, IN the daughter of Hank (Janet) Maser. She lived in Indiana until the age of 15 and moved to Greybull, WY. There she attended high school. She met Dan Schauer in 1989 and they have been together 28 years. Together they moved to Meeteetse, WY and ranched, etc., for 15 years. They moved to Sheridan County ranching for 8 years before their final move in 2013 to Powder River County where they have lived since. Sherri lov...